Some Statistical Measures of Regional Variation in Socioeconomic Performance the Etllopian Setting
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1994-06
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Addis Abeba university
Abstract
This study focused on the variation in the regional
distribution of some socioeconomic services in Ethiopia. The
paper also attempts to compare different natures of regional
variation which were obtained on the basis of socioeconomic
data for the year 1979 with the natures of regional
variation obtained on the data of the same sort for the year
1989 .
Some uni-variate descriptive measures and a
multivariate method called cluster analysis were used to
study the variation among regions. The six clustering
procedures that are generated by a common algorithm
[ Wishart (1969ยป) were applied to investigate the natures
of regional disparities in their socioeconomic status for
the year 1979 and the year 1989. Different natures of
regional variation for changes in socioeconomic
characteristics of regions were also studied by applying six
clustering procedures on the ratios the characteristics of
regions in the year 1989 to that of the year 1979
Some conclusions were drawn on the basis of regional
characteristics considered. Recommendations were also made
to indicate some possibilities for future work in the area
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Performance the Etllopian Setting